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  1. riverman

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    Spending money to tank...the Florida way
     
    riverman, Jul 7, 2018
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    From espn:
    2016 coming home to roost
    Though front offices have certainly seen it coming, even the most grizzled among them are impressed by the sheer tightness of the free-agent market. The money and years are simply not there for anyone other than top-flight talent, somewhat a function of the decision not to implement cap smoothing.

    "2016 basically hosed two years worth of free agents," one exec said. "The restricted free agents are really feeling it."

    But it's not just the fact that 40 percent of player salaries are being paid from deals that originated in 2016. A confluence of other factors exists. For one, the dominance of the Warriors has persuaded several teams to lay off big deals. There's also a strong belief that teams are getting smarter about the allocation of resources, and the majority of contracts are for one-year terms. An interesting wrinkle in this regard: The league loves to talk about the value of roster continuity but doesn't love continuity enough to make it a priority when there's legal tender and cap space at stake.
     
    Wizard Mentor, Jul 7, 2018
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    Just read this and it made me wonder?
     
    kjironman1, Jul 7, 2018
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    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 AWOL

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    @BigGameDamian was right... untouchable
     
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    He was traded along with a #2 pick, then traded twice for bad contracts.
     
    BonesJones, Jul 7, 2018
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    This message is Tom Thibodeau approved.
     
    TBpup, Jul 7, 2018
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    It's a tank race!
     
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    Next summer we will have three expiring contracts worth close to 40 million dollars to help. Someone will be traded.
     
    Pinwheel1, Jul 7, 2018
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    Exactly. If we wanted to trade Meyers for an equally bad contract we probably could.
     
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    Miles Plumlee? Hello?
     
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    I don’t see a point to be honest. He makes even more, also has two years remaining from what I remember and is just as bad if not worse. That was probably a top 3 baffling contract at the time because it was clear he didn’t have any potential to get better and nobody was bidding for him.
     
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    I might be wrong, but I think @BonesJones was simply saying we could trade Leonard for a contract just as shitty if not worse if we really wanted to. I don't think he is advocating trading Leonard for Miles Plumlee.
     
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    Now, Turner for Miles Plumlee I could get behind. It saves us over $11 million the next two seasons and generates an over $5 million TPE.
     
    hoopsjock, Jul 8, 2018
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    Who was the dude that got traded like 5 times last off-season or the season before? Some of this is straight up comical.

    I mean, wasn’t Ridnour traded like 4 times in a week at some point? But Mozgov’s contract is big and he’s ugly.
     
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    Luke Ridnour i think
     
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    Mason?
     
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    Don't worry.... This is Meyers Leonard's "BREAKOUT YEAR!"
     
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    He’s been sent to prison for Grand Theft?
     
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    Yet another example of how the players will always make the short-term cash grab choices that are bad for the league and often bad for themselves in the bigger picture. The owners wanted salary cap smoothing but the players union rejected it.

    http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/steve_aschburner/02/13/nba-players-union-meeting/

    The 2018 free agents are paying the price for the greed of their associates in 2016.
     
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